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Ptilobactrum neavei
| Ptilobactrum neavei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Flies |
| Suborder: | Aschiza |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Ptilobactrum |
| Species: | P. neavei |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilobactrum neavei Bezzi, 1915 | |
Diagnosis
Following the key of Cheng and Thompson (2008), Ptilobactrum has abdomen short, conical, about twice as long as wide; head much wider than thorax; male basoflagellomere covered with long pile, greatly elongate, 4 or more times longer than scape; arista reduced, short, thick; scape long; scutellum unarmed; metatibia without long pile along dorsal edge, forming a distinct brush; and vein R4+5 with an appendix extending posteriorly into cell R4+5.
Description
Distribution
Afrotropical
Biology
REFERENCES
- Reemer M. 2014. A review of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Surinam, with a key to the Neotropical genera. Tijdschr Entomol. 157(1):27–57.
- Reemer, M. & G. Stahls 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 38 (4): 661-688.
- Shannon, R.C. 1927. A review of the South American two-winged flies of the family Syrphidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(9)[2658], 34 p. [1927.04.29]